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Dr. Aparna Shah 🧠 👩‍🔬
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When reporting on these kinds of claims, the media should ask:
1. Is this a one-off study or a replicated finding? 2. Is it cherry-picked or consistent? 3. Was the study big enough to be reliable? 4. Did it employ robust statistical methods? 5. How big is the effect size? (If there’s a statistical association, does it amount to a big risk or a small one?) 6. Is there any evidence for a causal link or is it just a correlation? 7. Could the correlation reflect some confounding factor? 8. How does this supposed factor sit in the context of other factors (especially genetic risk for autism, which is very highly heritable)?
September 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Good luck with the job search!
August 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...
Frontiers | Integrating neuroscience and immunology core concepts to develop a neuroimmunology curriculum
Training students in interdisciplinary thinking is critical for the future of scientific discovery and problem-solving more generally. Therefore, students mu...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM